The UAE is ruled by divine revelations coded into what is called Sharia Law. Homosexuality is illegal with jail terms of up to fourteen years.
After being garlanded with flowers and feted by the surfing world following her win at Pipeline yesterday, the queer two-time world champ Tyler Wright must now face her biggest challenge – testing the notoriously harsh anti-LGBT+ laws in the United Arab Emirates, site of next weekend’s wave tank event.
Pointedly, for Tyler Wright, who is married to Lilli Baker, under Sharia same-sex sexual activity can be punishable by death, especially for married individuals.
Four months ago, Tyler’s little brother Mikey launched a wild fusillade against the World Surf League after it unveiled the 2025 world tour, which included the event at the Abu Dhabi tank.
“You have no business putting on an event at a location where my sister can be sentenced by law with the death penalty. So much for equality and equal rights, only when it’s convenient to wsl. You have supported the LGBTQ flag on her shoulder but now you want to strip it and be hush hush to get her to a location that she’s at risk of this punishment. You have the responsibility to protect your athletes, interested to see how you think you can protect her against the law.”
Tyler Wright’s sister-in-law, Shenay, Mikey’s wife, added, “Nice to see you guys are factoring in the safety of the contestants lives when choosing locations.”
Still, while the UAE’s legal system theoretically allows for capital punishment for same-sex sexual activity under certain interpretations, in practice, there have been no verified reports of such sentences being carried out.
You might get one to fifteen in the can for being gay in the UAE, however.
As JP Currie beautifully put it,
“And so we move. From leis and aching green palm fronds to sapless sandy heat and guttural desert smoke. From surfing’s Mecca, the seven-mile-miracle to surfing’s apocalyptic nightmare. Slave pools and oily obscenity.”
Thoughts and prayers for all LGBTQ+ surfers, men included, although oowee gonna be hot in that closet, as the tour makes its Arabian debut.
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Senegal: wouldn’t say it’s progressive, just pretty loose at interpreting Islam. Plus they have an ocean, so…
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Hurluley Burkha’s?
Dude…
That possessive apostrophe is OUTRAGEOUS.
I’m fucking TRIGGERED.
welll done.
I’m an American.
It’s written in the constitution. 1st amendment, BABY.
I have the right to oppress and possess as many apostrophe(‘s) as I wish.
so lick this.
MAGA (Make Apostrophe’s Great Again)
So Tyler’s going to come stoned cold last?
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Is it confirmed Sharia Law is the WSL wildcard ?
She’s not up on Fantasy yet ?
she can always just skip the event. I really don’t think this pool is a good event in fact it’s terrible. But for the organization I suspect this is the one event of the year where they may actually be making a profit. The rest of the year they bleed money. I also don’t think the organization that runs events all over the world should expect their host countries to bend their culture to fit the desires of the competitors or employees. I think the policies of Abu Dhabi are terrible on this topic but I also don’t expect them to change.
Hey Rab,
In spite of all the negative responses to your comments, in your defense….
You’re just a Dumb Ass.
you really have no idea what you’re talking about.
I still can’t believe the dream tour is really going to a wave pool in Abu Dhabi.
Better than Allentown, PA is suppose. In retrospect, it’s probably not.
and then came the riots~
World Slacktivism League.
In that case you might want to reverse those words.
I just opened this page and to COMMENTS 69.
It’s a sign.
Tylah and Lili will be fine.
Hopefully Lili shows up and in full righteous protest Tylah wins and they have a full makeup session on the ceremonial stage. That”ll show them backwards ass 7th century A-Rabs.
What color eyeshadow do you think they will put on each other while doing their makeup on-stage. Could be interesting but I doubt the A-Rabs will care much. Nothing in Sharia Law forbids the wearing of face paint.
I reckon they’ll go with blood and the three finger swipe ear to ear, brow to cheek bone, in true culturally appropriating activist form.
I don’t even know what that means but it made me laugh anyway.
But, do you fly the Pride flag on your jersey? I’m just confused by the name you’re using as it says you’re “dick crazy” if you use proper Bahasa Indonesia linguistics. Is that what you meant the name to say? 😉
No mention of Erin thanking Jesus after every heat win?
That’s far more deserving of a lashing or two than a chick munching carpet.
Boycott the Slavepool. Did Modon Properties slave labor build that place?
https://www.humanrightsresearch.org/post/modern-day-slavery-in-the-united-arab-emirates
everyone knows it’s a big exaggeration. Like you know, taj said at all the cool bars that the shieks were having a couple of drinks and everything,,,,,,, not sure if he saw any workers in there though,,
Not that much of an exagerration https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/jamie-harron-dubai-touching-mans-hip-detained-in-dubai-stirling-electrician-sheikh-mohammed-bin-rashid-almaktoum-a8025831.html
sorry, I didn’t exaggerate my sarcasm enough,,
oh my gosh.
this article is so 2017.
get with the times, bro
see Board v Sword. a bloodless feast. Kelce v Swift. Chiefs v Eagles…not so much…
Surfing, biking, skating…
Back to the skateboarding thing…
No skateboarding in or ’round the pool!
Chiefs succumbed to The Curse of Kamala’s Childless Crazy Cat Lady.
sw=hw qA VWAR onmouly lwd whore. hD TITS TOO DIE FOR!
Why doesn’t Indonesia count?
Well, they don’t impose Sharia Law in Indo with the exception of Aceh province. In addition, the most popular tourist destination, Bali, is majority Hindu and they basically have a hatred for Muslims (especially Javos) since the majority of hookers, pimps, thief’s, street vendors are not Balo’s. There are also other large parts of Indo that are not Muslim. Take Sumba (Animist and Christian/Catholic), Papua province (Catholic and Protestant), and Kalimantan (complete mixture of religions) as examples.
PSA reminder – this fucken asshole said LA deserved the fires due to “karma” fucken idiot cunt. i will meet you anywhere
Pipeline is for they girls!
UAE not so much
clever
I’ve just come from Twitter and I now have my talking points organised. I’m in tune with my fellow brethren .
1. Super-Bowl halftime “guy” BAD.
2. Global warming. NATURAL.
Whew. I was confused for a while there.
welcome back to reality, barn.